The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the western islands of ScotlandJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... subject to the jurif- diction of the Houfe ; and as the House , in the exercise of its authority , can be neither directed nor reftrained , its own refolutions must be its laws , at leaft , if there is no antecedent decifion of the ...
... subject to the jurif- diction of the Houfe ; and as the House , in the exercise of its authority , can be neither directed nor reftrained , its own refolutions must be its laws , at leaft , if there is no antecedent decifion of the ...
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... subject . As men are placed at a greater diftance from the fupreme council of the kingdom , they must be in- trusted with ampler liberty of regulating their con- duct by their own wisdom . As they are more fecluded from eafy recourse to ...
... subject . As men are placed at a greater diftance from the fupreme council of the kingdom , they must be in- trusted with ampler liberty of regulating their con- duct by their own wisdom . As they are more fecluded from eafy recourse to ...
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... subject refufes to obey , it is the duty of authority to use compulfion . Society cannot fub- Gift but by the power , firft of making laws , and then of enforcing them . To one of the threats hiffed out by the Congrefs , I have put ...
... subject refufes to obey , it is the duty of authority to use compulfion . Society cannot fub- Gift but by the power , firft of making laws , and then of enforcing them . To one of the threats hiffed out by the Congrefs , I have put ...
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... subject of his investigation . But the love of novelty feems to have been a very lead- ing principle in his mind , throughout his whole compofition ; and we fear that in endeavouring to advance what was never faid before him , he will ...
... subject of his investigation . But the love of novelty feems to have been a very lead- ing principle in his mind , throughout his whole compofition ; and we fear that in endeavouring to advance what was never faid before him , he will ...
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... subject of so many thousand volumes , is , in fhort , no more than this : the Supreme Being , " infinitely good , as well as powerful , defirous to " diffufe happinefs by all poffible means , has cre- " ated innumerable ranks and orders ...
... subject of so many thousand volumes , is , in fhort , no more than this : the Supreme Being , " infinitely good , as well as powerful , defirous to " diffufe happinefs by all poffible means , has cre- " ated innumerable ranks and orders ...
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Página 204 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 207 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Página 56 - ... with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless; gasping and groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery; and were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets...
Página 141 - The time is now come, in which every Englishman expects to be informed of the national affairs ; and in which he has a right to have that expectation gratified. For, whatever may be urged by ministers, or those whom vanity or interest make the followers of ministers, concerning the necessity of confidence in our...
Página 457 - ... it if he had it; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. He has doubtless inserted names that circulate in popular stories, and may have translated some wandering ballads, if any can be found; and the names, and some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Página 458 - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth: he will always love it better than inquiry; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
Página 241 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Página 357 - Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Página 225 - It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of providence, of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
Página 413 - Length of life is distributed impartially to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...